Enum Class JSONLiteral

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<JSONLiteral>

org.tquadrat.foundation.jsonbuilder.JSONLiteral

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<JSONLiteral>, Constable, Formattable, JSONValue

@ClassVersion(sourceVersion="$Id: JSONLiteral.java 1258 2026-06-04 18:33:06Z tquadrat $")
@API(status=STABLE,
     since="0.1.0")
public enum JSONLiteral
extends Enum<JSONLiteral>
implements JSONValue

The representation of the JSON literals. These are

• NULL
• TRUE
• FALSE

Author:

Thomas Thrien (thomas.thrien@tquadrat.org)

Version:

$Id: JSONLiteral.java 1258 2026-06-04 18:33:06Z tquadrat $

Since:

0.1.0

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Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
FALSE	Represents the JSON literal false.
NULL	Represents the JSON literal null.
TRUE	Represents the JSON literal true.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final String	m_Value	The value for the literal.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	JSONLiteral(String value)	Creates a new instance of JSONLiteral.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final void	formatTo(Formatter formatter, int flags, int width, int precision)
final boolean	isBoolean()	Detects whether this value represents a boolean value.
final String	toString()
static JSONLiteral	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static JSONLiteral[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, valueOf

Methods inherited from class Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface JSONValue

asArray, asBoolean, asNumber, asObject, asString, isArray, isFalse, isNull, isNumber, isObject, isString, isTrue

Enum Constant Details

NULL

public static final JSONLiteral NULL

Represents the JSON literal null.

TRUE

public static final JSONLiteral TRUE

Represents the JSON literal true.

FALSE

public static final JSONLiteral FALSE

Represents the JSON literal false.

Field Details

m_Value

private final String m_Value

The value for the literal.

Constructor Details

JSONLiteral

private JSONLiteral(String value)

Creates a new instance of JSONLiteral.

Parameters:

value - The value.

Method Details

values

public static JSONLiteral[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static JSONLiteral valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null

formatTo

public final void formatTo(Formatter formatter,
 int flags,
 int width,
 int precision)

Specified by:

formatTo in interface Formattable

Specified by:

formatTo in interface JSONValue

isBoolean

public final boolean isBoolean()

Detects whether this value represents a boolean value.

Specified by:

isBoolean in interface JSONValue

Returns:

true if this value represents either the JSON literal true or FALSE.

toString

public final String toString()

Specified by:

toString in interface JSONValue

Overrides:

toString in class Enum<JSONLiteral>